[Ancestor] Backus

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Husband [Ancestor] Backus

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1 M William Backus ¹

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         Spouse: Sarah Chodes (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Ann Stenton (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Backus

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The Backus family is one of the oldest families in America and in England is traced to Egbert, first King of England, from him to Cedric, first king of the West Saxons, and tradition says that Cedric was a lineal descendant of Woden (or Odin), who was supposed to be a descendant of the eldest son of Noah.

There have been many distinguished men in the American family, including Dr. Charles Backus, a president of Yale; Rev. Dr. A. Backus, a president of Hamilton College, New York; Rev. Backus, a noted minister of New England during the revolution; Rev. Simon Backus, who married a sister of the celebrated Jonathan Edwards, and others equally noted. The Smethport, Pennsylvania, family came to Pennsylvania from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, their ancestors going there from Connecticut before the revolution.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 58.